Van Persie move to Man City could depend on Emmanuel Adebayor

Manchester City’s hopes of signing Robin van Persie from Arsenal could depend on whether they can offload
Emmanuel Adebayor.

The striker has been on loan to Tottenham for the past season and if the London side decide to make a permanent bid for him then it would leave City in a position to pay Van Persie’s high weekly wages.

A number of European clubs are interested in Robin van Persie (Getty Images)

However, a report from the Mirror suggests that while new Spurs boss Andre Villas-Boas is keen to keep Adebayor at White Hart Lane he cannot afford to pay his current wage and is instead hopeful of getting the player on a free transfer so he can tempt him with a lump sum instead.

Man City will be hoping that any wrangling takes place fairly quickly as they are not the only side to have expressed an interest in Van Persie.

Paris Saint-Germain are rumoured to have made enquiries about the Holland international star and the Qatar-owned club have the funds to compete with City.

Juventus and Barcelona have also made their interest in the Dutchman known and Arsenal are keen to keep him at the Emirates if possible.

Van Persie has previously made it clear that he would only leave the Gunners for a title-challenging club in a major European league.